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Cracker Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Celtic Ways in the Old South



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Autore: McWhiney Grady Visualizza persona
Titolo: Cracker Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Celtic Ways in the Old South Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
Disciplina: 305.5690975
975.03
975/.03
Soggetto topico: Southern States -- Civilization -- 1775-1865
Southern States -- Civilization -- Celtic influences
United States -- Southern states -- Poor white persons -- Social conditions, 1865-1970
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States Local History
Soggetto geografico: Southern States Civilization Celtic influences
Southern States Civilization 1775-1865
Persona (resp. second.): McDonaldForrest
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Prologue; I. Settlement; II. Heritage; III. Herding; IV. Hospitality; V. Pleasures; VI. Violence; VII. Morals; VIII. Education; IX. Progress; X. Worth; XI. Collision; Appendix; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Cracker Culture is a provocative study of social life in the Old South that probes the origin of cultural differences between the South and the North throughout American history. Among Scotch-Irish settlers the term "Cracker" initially designated a person who boasted, but in American usage the word has come to designate poor whites. McWhiney uses the term to define culture rather than to signify an economic condition. Although all poor whites were Crackers, not all Crackers were poor whites; both, however, were Southerners. The author insists that Southerners and North
Titolo autorizzato: Cracker Culture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8452-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790284003321
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